English Dictionary

ad hoc

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌæd ˈhɒk/

形容詞

仮定法

For a particular purpose. / Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu. / (sciences, of a hypothesis) Postulated solely to save a theory from being falsified, without making any new predictions.

日本語の意味

特定の目的のために / その場限りの、突発的な、臨機応変な / （科学分野において）理論が反証されないようにするためだけに仮定された（新たな予測を伴わない）

The committee formed an ad hoc panel to address the sudden funding shortfall.

委員会は突然の資金不足に対処するために、特定の目的で結成されたパネルを設置した。

意味（1）

For a particular purpose.

意味（2）

Created on the spur of the moment; impromptu.

Over the past 20 years or so, from South America to the Danube basin, ad hoc coalitions of politicians, activists and conscience-stricken billionaires (whose core activities, such as Povlsen’s clothing business, are often less than environmentally friendly), have rewilded millions of acres of mostly failed agricultural and grazing land.

意味（3）

(sciences, of a hypothesis) Postulated solely to save a theory from being falsified, without making any new predictions.

Contrary to the traditional condoning of ad hoc hypotheses, and in line with Popper's and Grünbaum's approaches, we see, once an ad hoc hypothesis is introduced we are unhappy about it and try to eliminate it.

意味（4）

(networking) Independent of previously instated network structure, like routers or access points.

An ad hoc network is a group of wireless mobile nodes dynamically forming a temporary network without any fixed infrastructure or centralized administration. The applications for ad hoc networks have grown tremendously with the increase in the use of wireless sensor networks.

more ad hoc （ comparative ）

most ad hoc （ superlative ）